Life History

Notes

• Eliza is commonly a nickname short form of Elizabeth.  All the sources we have found have recorded and transmitted have her name only as Eliza Jane.  However, in April 2010, James Jackson, Eliza Jane's grandson, provided to some of us Jackson researchers a list of family births from his family records.  This list has Eliza's info recorded thus:
  "Eliza Bith Tate was born Oct. 4, 1873."
  
  This seems to support the surmise that her full name was Elizabeth.  This family record does not include her middle name.  But I note that none of the middle names were included in any names on that list.  Thus it seems to me that Eliza's proper name was Elizabeth (spelled Eliza Beth here, probably indicating that the Eliza syllable was pronounced as the single name Eliza).
  
  In 1880, we find Eliza at age 7 with her widowed father and her siblings, in Parker County, where her father has lived for sometime.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 1 July, Precinct 2, District 136, page 53A, Hse/Fam #436
  Tate, Henry W M 50    Farmer MO [no birth states reported for parents]
  Tate, Martha  W F 13  Daughter At Home TX MO Illinois
  Tate, Mary  W F 11  Daughter At Home TX MO Illinois
  Tate, Isaac W M 9  Son TX MO Illinois
  Tate, Eliza W F 7  Daughter  TX MO Illinois
  
  In 1900, she is married to James Toliver Jackson, and they are living in Parker County (near Weatherford).  Note that the birth information here indicates her father was born in Georgia as well as her mother.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 6 June, Justice Precinct 1, District 64, page 3A, Hse/Fam #46
  Jackson, James T  Head W M  Mar 1872  TX TX GA Farm Laborer
  Jackson, Eliza J  Wife W F  Mar 1874  TX GA GA
  Jackson, Effie  Dau W F  Jan 1894  TX TX TX
  Jackson, Bessie  Dau W F  Jun 1896  TX TX TX
  
  There are reports that Eliza Jane Tate was Jim's second wife and Lizzie Griffith his third.  I have found no information about an earlier wife.  In the 1900 census, we are told that Eliza and James Toliver Jackson have been married 1 year.
  
  Wanda Cox, a Jackson coresearcher, and her cousin Teresa Tate Smith checked the death register at the Parker County courthouse.  They found a record of death of Eliza Tate Jackson.  Eliza's death record reports she died in November 1908 of consumption.  The next line in the register reports the death of Eliza's 8-month-old daughter, also of consumption (tuberculosis).  The infant daughter is not named in the register record, but we know from family sources this was Jewel.
  
  Here is the Eliza's death information as Wanda transcribed it from the death records:
  Jackson, Eliza, race White, Nativity American, sex Female
  age 58 (error; she was 38)
  Residence Weatherford, Place of death Weatherford
  Date of death Nov 30 08, Cause of death consumption
  Physician L.P. Lanier, Weatherford
  Date of filing Dec. 17, 1908
  
  Information on the marriage of James Toliver Jackson to Elizabeth Tate comes from family notes and letters from Bettie Jackson to Linda Hanks.  Elizabeth Tate married James Toliver after the death of her first husband William D Jackson, who was James Tolliver's brother.  Copies of family letters in possession of Linda (Martin) Hanks and Cindy (Mixon) Beam.  Information received through Marion Butch Mixon, Cindy's brother.
  
  A genealogy in the One World Tree on Ancestry.com had information on the marriage and family of James and Elizabeth:
  James Toliver Jackson
  b 5 Mar 1872, d 25 Apr 1941 Weatherford, Parker, TX
  m Eliza Jane Tate, b 4 Oct 1873, d Nov 1908, Weatherford, Parker, TX
  married 1899, Parker County, TX
  --  Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/EditMarriage.aspx?pid=49912667&sid=149501221
  
  The 1900 census reports James Toliver Jackson and Eliza J Jackson with two children born in 1894 and 1896.  The census in 1900 reports two children Effie born Jan 1894 and Bessie born Jun 1896.  These children are the daughters of Wiliam D Jackson, Elizabeth Tate's first husband.  Family sources report William's death and Elizabeth's marriage to James in 1899.
  
  Eliza Jane is buried in the Curtis Cemtery in Weatherford, Texas.
  
  Eliza Jane Tate Jackson
  Birth Oct 4, 1873 Texas
  Death Nov 1908 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Spouse James Jackson (1872 - 1941)
  Burial Curtis Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Maintained by Find A Grave, Originally Created by Volunteer Oct 26, 2011
  --  Find a Grave Memorial #79339422, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79339422

Sources

• 1. Personal Letters
  • Letter #8
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 1 July, Precinct 2, District 136, page 53A, Hse/Fam #436
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 6 June, Justice Precinct 1, District 64, page 3A, Hse/Fam #46
• 4. Cindy Mixon Beam Genealogy research
• 5. Cemeteries of Texas
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. Email Sources
• 8. Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
• 9. Ancestry Trees
  • Tate-Teter, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v155t1387&id=I008&ftm=1
• 10. One World Tree (sm)
• 11. 1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 22 June, Weatherford Ward 1, District 66, page 8A, 912 N Rusk St, Hse #160, Fam #161
• 12. Jackson Family List of Births, family papers (From James Jackson)
• 13. Personal Letters
• 14. Ancestry Trees
  • Marion Mixon, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12166079/person/-321973201
• 15. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 16. Texas Death Certificate
• 17. Ancestry Comments
• 18. Parker County Marriages 1890 through 1899
  • Name: Name: Extracted by Melba Reidel; Location: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txparker/marriages/1890_1899parkerbrides.txt;;
• 19. Gravestones of Texas
• 20. 1930 Federal Census, Jones County, Texas
  • 18 April, Precinct 4, District 12, page 6B, Market and Anson Rds, Hse/Fam #107
• 21. Social Security Death Index
• 22. Obituary of George J Jackson, Weatherford (Texas) Democrat, 5 March 1973
• 23. 1940 Federal Census, Hidalgo County, Texas
  • 30 April, Justice Precinct 2, District 108-14, Page 5A, Hse #286, Rents $10
• 24. 1920 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 5 February, Precinct 6, District 77, page 8B, Grandbury Weatherford Rd, Hse #162, Fam #173
• 25. Gravestones of Curtis Cemetery
• 26. One World Tree (sm)
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/EditMarriage.aspx?pid=49912667&sid=149501221